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From: John_Miller@mindlink.bc.ca (John Miller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: SYSTEM 7 and Mount Volume XFCN (was Mount Volume XFCN)
Message-ID: <6135@mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 4 Jun 91 12:10:14 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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In article <1991Jun3.210413.9752@svc.portal.com>
 leonardr@sv.portal.com (Leonard Rosenthol) writes:
>In article <55302@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, johnston@oscar.ccm.udel.edu
> writes:
>> If this is the only problem, then leave it in the System Folder
>> and alias it to the Extensions folder.  Or the other way around ....
>>
>Although this sounds like a good idea in concept, it won't help. >If you leave
it in Extensions and alias into System, the XCMD won't it
>work since doesn't know anything about aliases and can't find the
>original.  On the other hand, if you put it in the System Folder, the
> XCMD will/should work, but the Chooser won't find it.
>Aliases don't happen automatically, programmers have to support them!

The Chooser will find extensions in either the Extensions folder or
the root System folder.  The Chooser does not seem to handle
aliases.

So, stick the extension -- hmm, AppleShare, wasn't it -- in the
System Folder and don't make any aliases.
Disclaimer:  the testing of this information has been limited
to seeing that the pretty icons appear in the Chooser window.
I haven't tried to discover any hidden problems.

john_miller@mindlink.bc.ca
Symplex Systems
(604) 433-1795